A sign is posted leading hikers to a hill in Altadena that holds the grave of Owen Brown, the son of the abolitionist John Brown. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted in ...

Celebrity gravestones continue to draw visitors years after deaths. Nancy Jones, widow of country music star George Jones, listens as the Jones Boys band plays as she sits at the memorial unveiled at ...

Some of my mother’s earliest memories are of scrubbing chalk onto paper pressed into the ridges of old headstones. While ...

Pennies are by far the most common coins to leave on a gravestone, but they are not the only ones. Over time, the military ...

The City of Boston is searching for the original locations of 11 gravestones being held at the historic burying grounds archives in West Roxbury. Granary Burying Ground on Boston’s Tremont Street. The ...

Dale Hoppe is all smiles about a newly discovered title for his unique hobby, which is a dearly departed departure from usual pastimes, and what he says others often describe as somber spare-time ...

What’s the origin of gravestone recipes? The oldest I’ve come across is from 1994. It’s modern gravestones that are very personalized with hobbies, pets, favorite quotes. If you go to Congressional ...

LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Gravestones in Suttons Bay Township were cleaned Tuesday as the Leelanau Historical Society held demonstrations on how to preserve the gravesites. Leelanau ...

On a hill above Altadena named Little Round Top, a grave stood for 136 years as the community below it blossomed. Here lay the remains of Owen Brown, son of the legendary abolitionist John Brown. Owen ...